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Afghanistan Population

Colombia Population

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

COLOMBIA

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

1960

31.6

31.0

31.3

171

172

172

55.1

58.6

56.8

69

70

70

1970

35.5

35.0

35.3

171

173

172

59.2

63.0

61.1

79

75

79

1980

39.5

39.1

39.3

172

175

173

62.9

68.6

65.7

78

78

78

1990

41.4

41.3

41.3

178

181

180

64.5

72.5

68.4

91

73

83

2000

53.7

56.1

54.8

150

150

150

67.5

75.3

71.4

88

63

76

2010

57.7

60.1

58.8

154

155

154

70.0

77.2

73.6

88

65

78

2015

59.3

61.9

60.5

159

161

161

71.2

78.4

74.8

84

61

75

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

COLOMBIA

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

M

F

Male

Female

M

F

At Birth

59.3

61.9

159

161

71.2

78.4

84

61

Age 5

65.4

67.7

151

155

72.5

79.5

84

59

Age 10

65.9

68.3

153

160

72.6

79.6

84

55

Age 15

66.4

68.8

153

159

72.8

79.7

84

56

Age 20

67.1

69.4

151

159

73.5

79.9

79

54

Age 25

67.9

70.2

147

158

74.4

80.1

70

54

Age 30

68.8

70.9

146

156

75.3

80.4

59

52

Age 35

69.6

71.7

145

157

76.1

80.6

54

51

Age 40

70.4

72.5

148

159

76.8

81.0

49

51

Age 45

71.3

73.3

157

163

77.5

81.3

48

53

Age 50

72.4

74.3

158

165

78.2

81.7

49

52

Age 55

73.7

75.4

161

168

79.0

82.4

48

52

Age 60

75.3

76.7

161

169

80.2

83.1

50

53

Age 65

77.2

78.3

164

169

81.6

84.1

47

53

Age 70

79.4

80.3

161

168

83.5

85.4

44

52

Age 75

82.1

82.7

158

164

85.8

87.2

39

50

Age 80

85.2

85.6

159

162

88.3

89.4

25

45

Age 85

88.8

89.1

163

165

91.3

92.0

17

32

Age 90

92.7

93.0

163

164

94.6

95.1

16

24

Age 95

97.1

97.3

161

158

98.4

98.6

19

25

Age 100

101.7

101.8

146

152

102.6

102.5

20

30

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

COLOMBIA

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Coronary Heart Disease

193.21

20

79.44

102

2.

Stroke

164.46

14

36.06

144

3.

Influenza and Pneumonia

97.78

44

17.14

128

4.

Tuberculosis

70.41

13

2.77

106

5.

War

58.97

3

1.11

21

6.

Diarrhoeal diseases

37.28

42

1.76

120

7.

Diabetes Mellitus

32.89

71

16.50

111

8.

Other Injuries

28.77

17

4.28

157

9.

Road Traffic Accidents

27.82

23

17.05

85

10.

Lung Disease

27.77

43

29.22

39

11.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

27.57

1

0.49

160

12.

Hypertension

26.97

25

14.47

107

13.

Low Birth Weight

23.21

22

7.55

89

14.

Breast Cancer

23.03

20

12.71

116

15.

Birth Trauma

19.90

21

2.79

100

16.

Maternal Conditions

19.58

25

1.60

78

17.

Liver Disease

16.50

83

5.50

151

18.

Malnutrition

15.46

41

3.70

74

19.

Violence

15.45

27

37.61

7

20.

Stomach Cancer

15.08

24

12.67

30

21.

Kidney Disease

13.95

88

9.80

119

22.

Asthma

13.62

22

0.71

153

23.

Meningitis

13.18

37

0.94

107

24.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

13.11

17

1.58

120

25.

Oesophagus Cancer

10.59

13

2.01

104

26.

Congenital Anomalies

10.40

40

8.59

85

27.

Drownings

9.16

23

2.30

112

28.

Oral Cancer

8.41

11

1.59

144

29.

Poisonings

8.21

6

0.30

157

30.

Fires

7.60

41

0.40

151

31.

Cervical Cancer

7.55

92

9.49

72

32.

Lung Cancers

7.18

112

10.70

91

33.

Endocrine Disorders

7.15

71

3.54

115

34.

Inflammatory/Heart

7.06

88

3.37

143

35.

Other Neoplasms

6.78

9

8.59

3

36.

Lymphomas

6.47

41

4.35

89

37.

Measles

6.34

10

0.00

172

38.

Liver Cancer

6.08

71

4.21

114

39.

Falls

5.86

79

4.01

108

40.

Suicide

5.63

114

5.62

115

41.

Prostate Cancer

5.50

151

15.77

96

42.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

5.11

119

8.12

79

43.

Uterin Cancer

4.50

18

1.06

142

44.

Ovary Cancer

3.72

101

3.95

93

45.

Appendicitis

3.50

21

0.63

65

46.

Skin Disease

3.27

57

3.62

52

47.

Encephalitis

3.02

14

0.05

123

48.

Bladder Cancer

3.00

58

1.21

134

49.

Epilepsy

2.90

65

1.85

91

50.

Leukemia

2.72

120

4.69

43

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

AFGHANISTAN

COLOMBIA

Deaths

%

Deaths

%

1.

Influenza and Pneumonia

28,841

12.81

6,835

4.03

2.

Coronary Heart Disease

20,327

9.03

29,069

17.16

3.

Diarrhoeal diseases

15,977

7.10

739

0.44

4.

Stroke

15,467

6.87

13,257

7.82

5.

War

14,848

6.59

547

0.32

6.

Low Birth Weight

12,980

5.76

3,837

2.26

7.

Birth Trauma

11,130

4.94

1,416

0.84

8.

Tuberculosis

11,055

4.91

1,158

0.68

9.

Other Injuries

7,932

3.52

1,914

1.13

10.

Road Traffic Accidents

6,448

2.86

7,813

4.61

11.

Meningitis

4,593

2.04

426

0.25

12.

Maternal Conditions

4,552

2.02

781

0.46

13.

Congenital Anomalies

4,167

1.85

4,317

2.55

14.

Malnutrition

4,132

1.83

1,470

0.87

15.

Violence

3,965

1.76

18,075

10.67

16.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

3,831

1.70

198

0.12

17.

Diabetes Mellitus

3,608

1.60

6,144

3.63

18.

Measles

3,526

1.57

0

0.00

19.

Drownings

3,239

1.44

1,112

0.66

20.

Lung Disease

2,874

1.28

10,261

6.06

21.

Hypertension

2,762

1.23

5,103

3.01

22.

Liver Disease

2,488

1.10

2,158

1.27

23.

Kidney Disease

2,380

1.06

3,641

2.15

24.

Poisonings

2,196

0.98

136

0.08

25.

Fires

2,193

0.97

181

0.11

26.

Endocrine Disorders

1,870

0.83

1,428

0.84

27.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

1,779

0.79

579

0.34

28.

Breast Cancer

1,692

0.75

2,818

1.66

29.

Stomach Cancer

1,677

0.74

4,907

2.90

30.

Asthma

1,658

0.74

295

0.17

31.

Tetanus

1,374

0.61

22

0.01

32.

Falls

1,340

0.60

1,633

0.96

33.

Pertussis

1,280

0.57

13

0.01

34.

Oesophagus Cancer

1,216

0.54

752

0.44

35.

Encephalitis

1,208

0.54

24

0.01

36.

Suicide

1,205

0.54

2,629

1.55

37.

Lymphomas

1,118

0.50

1,743

1.03

38.

Inflammatory/Heart

1,094

0.49

1,322

0.78

39.

Oral Cancer

1,070

0.48

611

0.36

40.

Other Neoplasms

928

0.41

3,395

2.00

41.

Lung Cancers

852

0.38

4,018

2.37

42.

Appendicitis

789

0.35

259

0.15

43.

Liver Cancer

723

0.32

1,592

0.94

44.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

709

0.31

3,135

1.85

45.

Leukemia

699

0.31

1,997

1.18

46.

Epilepsy

636

0.28

827

0.49

47.

Cervical Cancer

569

0.25

2,108

1.24

48.

Skin Disease

554

0.25

1,323

0.78

49.

Drug Use

542

0.24

196

0.12

50.

Syphilis

446

0.20

27

0.02

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AFGHANISTAN

COLOMBIA

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Breast Cancer

23.03

20

12.71

116

2.

Stomach Cancer

15.08

24

12.67

30

3.

Oesophagus Cancer

10.59

13

2.01

104

4.

Oral Cancer

8.41

11

1.59

144

5.

Cervical Cancer

7.55

92

9.49

72

6.

Lung Cancers

7.18

112

10.70

91

7.

Lymphomas

6.47

41

4.35

89

8.

Liver Cancer

6.08

71

4.21

114

9.

Prostate Cancer

5.50

151

15.77

96

10.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

5.11

119

8.12

79

11.

Uterin Cancer

4.50

18

1.06

142

12.

Ovary Cancer

3.72

101

3.95

93

13.

Bladder Cancer

3.00

58

1.21

134

14.

Leukemia

2.72

120

4.69

43

15.

Pancreas Cancer

1.49

129

3.97

77

16.

Skin Cancers

1.25

115

2.28

43

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

World Rankings Calculations Are Age Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population.

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